About Joshua
Joshua Heying is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on practical tools people can use every day. He draws on several therapy styles to help clients manage stress, anxiety, mood challenges, relationship struggles, and identity-related concerns. Joshua keeps sessions straightforward and goal-focused so progress feels clear and doable.
Joshua has eight years of experience in the mental health field, including work in community mental health, crisis intervention, and residential settings.
Background and approach
That background means he is familiar with complex situations such as mood disorders, trauma, addictions, and strained family dynamics. He also has experience addressing LGBT issues and concerns around intimacy, kink, and attachment. In sessions, Joshua uses approaches like cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical skills, and mindfulness alongside a client-centered stance.
He helps people name patterns, try small experiments, and build routines that reduce overwhelm. Conversations are collaborative - the client’s goals shape the plan. Joshua brings a calm, direct style that aims to make therapy useful from week to week.
He also supports practical matters like sleep, eating, parenting stress, and workplace coping. His work often mixes skill building with problem solving to create steady change. Clients meet with Joshua using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging.
He practices in North Carolina and offers services in English. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online work
Joshua often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy when working online. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small experiments, which translates well to video or text because homework and tracking can be shared between sessions. DBT teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness that can be practiced in real time and reviewed in follow-ups.He also uses mindfulness strategies and a client-centered stance to help people slow down and notice what is happening in their bodies and minds. These approaches help with anxiety, mood swings, trauma reactions, and relationship patterns. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process - the therapist and client review goals, try methods, and adjust plans based on what feels most helpful.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist observe facial cues and work through exercises together. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, coaching in the moment, or people who prefer writing to talking. These options make it easier to use therapy around work, caregiving, and daily life while staying focused on meaningful change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English